"I can't let him ruin everything," James murmured.
The stakes were high, and James's desperation drove him to the brink of obsession. He needed to know why Francis had come to meet Camilla at this precise moment. Was there a connection he was unaware of? Was Francis attempting to sway Camilla's loyalties, to unravel the threads that James had so meticulously woven?
As the tent's canvas walls concealed Francis and Camilla from view, James's thoughts swirled in a maelstrom of suspicion. He was well aware of the history they shared and the complexities that had entangled them in the past. But this unexpected meeting, this private conversation, ignited a fire within him—a burning need to uncover the truth.
